دانلود کتاب Neurocognitive Interpretations of Australian Literature

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Cover
Endorsement
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Going the Extra Scholarly Mile
Work Cited
Part I Cognition and Literary Culture
1 Up for a Cha(lle)nge?: A Case for Cognitive Australian Literary Studies
Introduction
Up for a Change? The Rise of the Neurohumanities and Cognitive Australian Literary Studies in Australia
Rising Up to the Challenge: The Field of Cognitive-Inspired Literary Scholarship
Creativity-Focused Research
Brain-Inspired Studies
Cognitive Readings of Australian Literary Works
Body-Related Investigations
Writings Informed By Affect Studies
The Strange Case of Cognitive Australian Literary Studies
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
2 Do Judge a Book By Its Cover!: Attraction and Attachment in Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief
Introduction
The Laws of Attraction: The Appeal of Books
Not So Guilty Literary Pleasures: Excitement, Desire, and Hedonic Hotspots
The Psychodynamics of Bookish Seduction: Emotional Involvement and Attachment
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Part II Cognition and the Mind
3 Gazing Inward and Outward: (Trans)Formation in C.J. Koch’s Bildungsroman Protagonists and Readers
Introduction
Christopher Koch’s Bildungsroman-Inspired Novels
Gazing Inward: Transformation in the Bildungsroman Protagonists
Gazing Outward: Narrative Persuasion and Transformation in Readers
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
4 Australian High-Functioning ASD Fiction in the Age of Neurodiversity: Graeme Simsion’s Rosie Trilogy
Introduction
Main Features and Definition of Australian High-Functioning ASD Fiction
From Mind Style to Literary Style: Narrating Neurodivergence
The Politics of High-Functioning ASD Fiction: “Aspies Rule!”
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Part III Cognition and the Body
5 The Erotics of Writing and Reading Australian Fiction: Linda Jaivin, Frank Moorhouse, and John Purcell’s Art of Dealing With Dirt
Introduction
The Sexual Revolution in Print: From the Balmain Group Era to Contemporary Erotica
The Erotics of Writing Sex in Text
The Subtle Art of Dealing With Dirt: The Erotics of Reading Sexually Explicit Fiction
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
6 Brains in Pain and Coping Bodies: Trauma, Scars, Wounds, and the Mind–Body Relationship in Western Australia Aboriginal Literature
Introduction
Brains in Pain: Grief, Trauma, and Self-Injurious Behavior in Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Coping Bodies: Scars and Sadness as Signs of Vulnerabilities in Terra Nullius
The Mind–Body Nexus: Mental Scars and Physical Damage in Aboriginal Literature
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Part IV Cognition and Emotions
7 Angry Gay Men: Rage, Race, and Reward in Contemporary Australian Advocacy Fiction
Introduction
The Politics of Tsiolkas’ Expressed Rage: Violence in Words, Thoughts, and Actions in Merciless Gods
The Aesthetics of Polites’ Repressed Rage: Literary Representations and Techniques in The Pillars
Advocacy Literature: Anger, Social Injustice, Outrage, and Cognitive Reward
Notes
Works Cited
8 No Time for Outrage? The Demidenko Affair: Literary Representations, Criticism, and Moral Emotions in The Hand That Signed the Paper
Introduction
A Controversial Novelist Eliciting Moral Outrage
Morality, Ethics, and Representation Rights in a Mimetic Literary Narration
Indignation: Emotional Involvement in the Literary Aesthetic Experience
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Selective Bibliography
Index